Silicon Laboratories Inc.

Kim Fung Lee

Marius Goldenberg

Saroj Rout

A hybrid with a plurality of selectable hybrid input paths each having an associated hybrid input path filter is provided. The hybrid includes a plurality of selectable receive paths each having an associated receive path filter. The hybrid further includes a hybrid output. The selection of any filter is non-mutually exclusive to the concurrent selection of another filter.

Multiple path hybrid for subscriber line services

An analog front end for communicating discrete multitone modulated signals on a subscriber line includes a hybrid network for eliminating near-end echos. The hybrid network includes a hybrid input, a receive input, and a hybrid output. The receive input is capacitively coupled to a subscriber line carrying an upstream data signal and a downstream data signal. The hybrid input is capacitively coupled to receive the upstream data signal from a driver. The driver also provides the upstream data signal to the subscriber line. The hybrid output provides the extracted downstream data signal from the subscriber line. The hybrid network may be fabricated on an integrated circuit die. In one embodiment, the hybrid network is a complementary metal oxide semiconductor integrated circuit.

Adaptive hybrid for a digital subscriber line analog front end

An apparatus for interfacing an integrated circuit with external circuitry includes a transistor having an emitter coupled to a node for receiving a control current (IP) from the integrated circuit. A beta compensator disposed within the integrated circuit provides a compensating current (IM) to the node. The compensating current IM is proportional to a base current (IB) of the transistor. A method of interfacing the integrated circuit with external circuitry includes the step of providing the control current (IP) from the integrated circuit to a node coupled to a transistor emitter. A compensating current (IM) is provided to the node in response to the transistor base current (IB). The net node current provided to the emitter is IP&plus;IB so that the transistor collector current is substantially the same as the control current. The transistor collector is coupled to the external circuitry.

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